What is the difference between .pfa and .avif?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .avif
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- AOMedia
- Description
- A Printer Font ASCII (PFA) file is a type of font file used in the context of desktop publishing and digital typesetting. It contains font data in an ASCII text format, which includes descriptions of the font's characters, glyphs, and other typographic details. PFA files are part of the PostScript font format, designed for use in the Adobe PostScript printing language. These files allow for the scalable rendering of text, meaning they enable fonts to be resized without losing quality.
- It is an image compression codec file with the same quality as .jpeg, but that is ten smaller. It supports HDR (High Dynamic Range). SDR (Standard Dynamic Range), and WCG (Wide Color Gamut) images. Also, it contains both the image sequences and image items. The only pitfall is that a few applications support it.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- image/avif
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia
- .avif on Wikipedia